Company says it will cut 6,500 positions less than two weeks after announcing 1,600 job cuts

Seagate Technology PLC said it is cutting about 6,500 jobs globally, roughly 14% of its workforce, less than two weeks after it announced a reduction of 1,600 positions.

The company, one of the biggest makers of disk drives, has been suffering due to decreased demand for personal computers that use its products. In addition, computer makers are adopting storage devices based on flash memory chips rather than magnetic disks, a shift...